So, No updates for a while then...
Like many of you out there (I hope), I've been enjoying the festive period with my family. I hope you all had a great Christmas and are looking forward to the new year. To kick off the new year for me, I'm running a Kindle Select promotion for my novel Central Locking. As I'm already priced below the minimum price for the countdown deal option I'm going with using 3 of my 5 free days between 12AM pacific time on Friday 2nd January and the same time on Sunday 4th. That's right - between these days my novel will be completely free to anybody who wants to download it, and I hope that anyone reading this will take a look. Why would anyone offer their ebook for free you ask? They do say after all if you're good at something, don't do it for free (although the jury is certainly still out on whether I am or not!). There are certainly a lot of articles out there on the web about whether being subscribed to kindle select is advantageous to an author or not and the relative pro's and con's of each promotional tool. I'm not trying to get into that in this blog post, I'm firstly letting you all know what I am up to in advance, and looking to illustrate my reasoning behind it all and what I hope to gain from the whole process. Firstly, to speak candidly, although some authors may be worried about the effects such free days may have on their sales/rank, this is currently not an issue for me. I doubt I am going to be missing out on much over the three day period of my promotion in all honesty. What I am hoping to gain however is some much needed further exposure in a very crowded and noisy marketplace. I've previously described trying to promote your kindle ebook on social media etc. as shouting your wares whilst stood next to a running jet engine, (possibly whilst some of your colleagues stood beside you from the erotic fantasy genre utilise their megaphones - just kidding guys!). Previous free day events I have run have helped to get the message about my book out there a bit more, boosted my sales a little and helped to grow my twitter presence. I'm hoping this upcoming promotion will boost me up another level and move things along another increment (here's hoping!) Most of all I'm hoping to gain a few more reviews from those who might take advantage of the promo. Reviews of course can be a double edged sword, but feedback is always beneficial in the long run, even if you don't like the taste of it in the first place. That being said, anyone who wants to go all in with five stars and gush with the superlatives, don't let me stop you! Once the promo has run its course, I might do another post about how it went, until then if you do take advantage of the offer most of all I hope you enjoy the book! D.T.
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